LC control no. | sh 93003551 |
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Geographic heading | Pella of the Decapolis (Extinct city) |
Geographic subdivision usage | Jordan--Pella of the Decapolis (Extinct city) |
Variant(s) | Khirbet Fahil (Extinct city) Pehal (Extinct city) Pella (Extinct city) Pella Decapolitana (Extinct city) |
See also | Extinct cities--Jordan Jordan--Antiquities |
Found in | Work cat.: 93109879: Richards, F.V. Scarab seals from a middle to late Bronze Age tomb at Pella in Jordan, c1992. Lippincott (Pella: anc. town of Gilead Palestine. One of the Decapolis) Princeton encyc. classic. sites (Pella (Khirbet Fahil) Jordan; known from early Egyptian texts as Pehal; Pompey conquered Pella, then freed it and made it part of the Decapolis; destroyed A.D. 66) Weber, T. Pella Decapolitana, 1993. |